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Court's ruling will prevent exodus of healthcare professionals
The healthcare industry has welcomed the Constitutional Court's recent ruling against sections 36 to 40 of the National Health Act which was signed into law in March 2014... read more>>



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Artist's moral rights are separate from copyright

Mariƫtte du Plessis

Creativity often involves making something new from an existing concept or work. It is here where artists may be too enthusiastic and may step on one another's toes... read more>>
Google case provides valuable guidance in terms of POPI

Simone Gill, Mariska van Zweel and Leanne van Bred

The much anticipated commencement date of the newly enacted Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013 (POPI), causes us to focus on global approaches to data privacy which will guide the South African interpretation and implementation of personal information protection... read more>>
South Africa's Budget 2015: the full text
Read the full text of South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's inaugural national Budget speech, the fifth in the country's democratic Parliament, delivered on 25 February 2015... read more>>
Commercial Law
Debt reduction and mining assets

Heinrich Louw

On 18 February 2015, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) released Binding Private Ruling 187, which dealt with the waiver of a loan subsequent to the implementation of an intra-group transaction... read more>>
Second competition authority can hamper business in Africa

Sandhya Naidoo

There has been a strong move to establish national competition authorities across Africa and now, regional competition authorities... read more>>
SARS awaits comments on changes to deferment scheme

Virusha Subban

Currently, if an importer applied for and is accepted into the SARS deferment scheme, the payment of import duty and import VAT may be deferred or suspended for up to 30 days... read more>>
Criminal Law
Bangladesh arrests chief suspect in US blogger murder
DHAKA, BANGLADESH: Bangladesh authorities announced they had arrested a radical Islamist Monday over last week's machete murder of an atheist American blogger... read more>>
Ali Baba and the forty spies

Shaun Smillie and Graeme Hosken

South Africa's worst intelligence breach has exposed cover-ups of the theft of military blueprints, attempted secret nuclear deals and the operation of extremist groups in the country... read more>>
Environmental Law
37 companies apply to postpone time frame for air quality compliance
The Department of Environmental Affairs has reached decisions regarding applications for postponement of time frames for compliance with the minimum emission standards in terms of section 21 of the National Environmental Management Air Quality Act 39 of 2004... read more>>
Labour Law
Unequal pay for equal work illegal: CCMA
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) says every employer must take steps to eliminate discrimination in the workplace by ending unfair practices such as paying employees disproportionately for the same work... read more>>
New edition of Labour Relations Law: A Comprehensive Guide published
Over the past year South African labour law has undergone its most radical change since 1995. A new publication from LexisNexis South Africa aims to guide students and practitioners through these significant new acts and amendments... read more>>
Land & Property Law
Transfer duty and the 2015 budget

David Warmback

Commentary from David Warmback of Shepstone & Wylie on some interesting changes proposed to the transfer duty rates and brackets announced in the 2015 Budget Speech... read more>>
International
ISIS threatens Twitter founder
WASHINGTON DC, US: Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Twitter are now being targeted by Islamic militants for suspending certain accounts... read more>>
SIM maker Gemalto confirms possible spy attacks
PARIS, FRANCE: European SIM maker Gemalto said yesterday it had suffered hacking attacks that may have been conducted by US and British intelligence agencies... read more>>
Fierce battle looms on US 'open Internet' rules
WASHINGTON, US: US regulators meet Thursday to vote on rules aimed at heading off Internet "fast lanes," although it may not be the end of a years-long battle... read more>>
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